Did you know that there are as many people that quit smoking as are smoking in the US
You're on a crusade it seems, which is for a good cause most definitely.... Did smoking result in you coming down with a smoking-related illness? You don't have to answer that if you don't want to, I'm just curious as to why you're doing this with such passion. I tip my hat to you regardless of the reason though. :thumbup:
This is a first.
What many smokers don't know is that many of the chemicals that get absorbed into the body will take 100's of years to eliminate so your never rid of them.
The sooner a person quits the better.
I'm there. I'm overloaded. How does a person know this?
If you get sick from breathing in even second hand smoke and you used to smoke your probably overloaded with carcinogens in your body for sure.
I smoked for 13 years and I had a bar for about 13 years and breathed in huge amounts of second hand smoke. I was sick all the time even though I didn't smoke. But I was used to feeling sick so I didn't blame it on the smoke. I blamed it on sinus and allergy trouble.
In 1999 when I got out of the bar business I was out of the smoke almost all the time. I worked allot. But soon I realized how bad I felt after being in it for one night. I couldn't hardly work the next day. Plus I had a sore throat, stuffed up nose and burning eyes, with no energy for days.
Most of my friends that I knew when I was younger in the pool world are dead. I'd be at their funeral and as soon as the service was over the friends that smoked would be outside lighting one up. It was almost surreal, like they were lining up to be next and didn't know it. How sad. They're all gone now also. Most of them at least.
I was at a benefit for kids with cancer in Ohio. Dee Atkins is doing some good things for the kids there. Who knows for sure but chances are some of these kids might be sick from second hand smoke. No matter what it is pretty heart wrenching.
My Xwife and myself smoked when we were younger around my son. At about age 4 he came down with terrible asthma. It has effected his life in a bad way ever since. When he does the breathing tests and they tell him to breath in the tube for the second time he says, I AM, because that's he has.
I've seen the devastation around the country done from this terrible habit and addiction.
When I travel around the USA and teach pool, the players are the best. I feel right at home and almost feel like staying everywhere I go. We have such a huge network of the nicest people in the world that will do just about anything to help a stranger, fellow pool player.
There are many people and players like myself that understand how bad this problem is with the smoke. Us pool players have had the worst of it for years, smoking ourselves and then having to continue breathing it in just to play the game we love.
This thread is just a way to give a little bit back to some of these good players that are stuck in this addiction trap and can't seem to get out.
But by seeing this thread day in and day out it might just plant a seed that could get a few players on the road to a much healthier and longer life.
Again I want to Thank all the players that have contributed to this thread, including yourself, for giving your words of wisdom and encouragement to those that smoke.
Monday is right around the corner.
Like Clint Eastwood would sat. Make My day. This Monday could be yours.
A healthier you.
